单词 | waterlander |
释义 | Waterlandern. Now historical. A native or inhabitant of the area of Waterland, in the north-western Netherlands. In later use also: a member of a Mennonite sect associated with that area. Now historical.In 1554 the Mennonites divided into various sects, of which the Waterlanders are generally considered to have been the most liberal. Cf. Mennonite n., Anabaptist n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > other sects and movements > Waterlander > [noun] Waterlandian1758 Waterlander1771 1608 E. Grimeston tr. J. F. Le Petit Gen. Hist. Netherlands i. 73 The inhabitants of Harlem and the Waterlanders [Fr. Waterlandois] being gathered together in armes, went against the Frisons at their landing. 1646 tr. F. Spanheim Englands Warning by Germanies Woe iii. 25 The Germanes again subdivided into Swedes, Franks, Saxons and those of Munster; The Netherlanders into Fries, Flemmings, Hollanders and Waterlanders [L. Waterlandos]. 1771 J. Brown Gen. Hist. Christian Church II. App. 323 About 1664, the Waterlanders were split into two factions of the Galenists, and the Apostoolians. 1794 J. L. Buchanan Gen. View Fishery Great Brit. v. 91 The frivolous jealousy of the Haerlemens and Waterlanders. 1860 Chamb. Encycl. I. 219/1 Strictness of discipline..divided the body, as early as 1554, into the Mild and the Strict Mennonites. The first are known by the title of Waterländers. 1883 E. K. Martin Mennonites 6/2 They became divided into the Flemings, or Flandrians, and the Waterlanders, from districts of Holland in which they resided. 1941 C. H. Smith Story of Mennonites iv. 180 The most influential and most tolerant of these different Mennonite parties..was the group popularly known as the Waterlanders. 2000 M. R. Bell Apocalypse How? v. 73 John Smyth had drawn up a confession of faith when he applied for membership with the Waterlanders. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1608 |
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